Excerpt from Ninth Biennial Report of the State Board of Health of Maryland, for the Two Years Ending December 31st, 1891Advances in Sanitation - Reduction in Mortality in the District Schools of London - Results of Improved Sanitation in Military service-a High Death Rate Implies Not Only a Waste of Life but a Concurrent Waste of Time and Energy - Local Authorities Responsible Under the Old Common Law for Acts of Nonfeasance, of Misfeasance and of Malfeasance in Sanitary Affairs - Reduction in Death Rates Following Introduction of Pure Water Supplies and Sewers - Reduc tion that Might be Efi'ected in the Death Rate of Baltimore - Extent of the Evil of Sanitary Malfeasance - Loss of Lives in Maryland from Preventable Diseases - Increased Death Rate from Overcrowding Bathing an Important Sanitary Factor - Etc, etc.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.